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The MMWR Series is published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Often called "the voice of CDC," MMWR is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. MMWR readership predominately consists of physicians, nurses, public health practitioners, epidemiologists and other scientists, researchers, educators, and laboratorians. To date, MMWR has a primary distribution of over 254,000 e-mail subscribers and 5,600 print subscribers, with secondary ele... More ▼

The MMWR Series is published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Often called "the voice of CDC," MMWR is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. MMWR readership predominately consists of physicians, nurses, public health practitioners, epidemiologists and other scientists, researchers, educators, and laboratorians. To date, MMWR has a primary distribution of over 254,000 e-mail subscribers and 5,600 print subscribers, with secondary electronic and print distributions increasing the number of persons with access to MMWR content. MMWR's annual electronic media reach has increased to over 22.4 million communication channels (page views, app views, and social media followers) associated with domestic and international TV, print, broadcast, and internet media interest. MMWR's content is among the most highly accessed of all CDC content.

This archival collection contains most MMWR volumes from inception to current volume in digital format. The current MMWR webpage that provides access to current volumes and other contextual information (e.g., podcasts, instructions to authors) can be found at www.cdc.gov/MMWR. Less ▲

The MMWR Series is published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Often called "the voice of CDC," MMWR is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and r... More ▼

The MMWR Series is published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Often called "the voice of CDC," MMWR is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. MMWR readership predominately consists of physicians, nurses, public health practitioners, epidemiologists and other scientists, researchers, educators, and laboratorians. To date, MMWR has a primary distribution of over 254,000 e-mail subscribers and 5,600 print subscribers, with secondary electronic and print distributions increasing the number of persons with access to MMWR content. MMWR's annual electronic media reach has increased to over 22.4 million communication channels (page views, app views, and social media followers) associated with domestic and international TV, print, broadcast, and internet media interest. MMWR's content is among the most highly accessed of all CDC content.

This archival collection contains most MMWR volumes from inception to current volume in digital format. The current MMWR webpage that provides access to current volumes and other contextual information (e.g., podcasts, instructions to authors) can be found at www.cdc.gov/MMWR. Less ▲

"For the current week there was a total of 9,294 cases of measles reported which was 14 percent higher than for the previous week and nearly 70 percent higher than the number reported for the same week of 1951. The disease is being reported in increa...

"There was a very sharp increase in the incIdence of measles for the current week (16,412) as compared with the previous week (9,496) and the same week of last year (7,190). Substantial increases were reported in the New England, Middle Atlantic, Eas...

"There was a slight decrease in the incidence of measles for the current week as compared with the previous week. A decrease in the number of cases occurred in the New England, Middle Atlantic, South Atlantic, and West South Central States and modera...

"The incidence of measles was slightly higher for the current week as compared with the previous week. Forty-three percent of those reported for the current week were in 3 States with large populations, namely, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvan...

"The incidence of measles increased in the current week as compared with the previous week. The cumulative total for the first is weeks of 1952 Is now 76,728 as compared with 43,034 for the same period of 1951. Since 1935 the cumulative total for the...

"The Division of Preventive Medicine, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, U. S. Navy, has reported to the Influenza Information Center, N. I. H. that a decline In the incidence of acute respiratory infections of more than 50 percent has occurred during t...

"There was only a slight Increase In the Incidence of measles for the current week, 22,824 eases, as compared with the previous week (21,491). The number of cases decreased slightly in the New England, East North Central, West North Central, and West...

"The incidence of measles for the current week was approximately the same as for the previous week. The New England States reported fewer cases for the second consecutive week. There was also a small decrease in the middle Atlantic and South Atlantic...

"The number of cases of measles reported for the current week (29,465) Is about 30 percent above the figure for the previous week (22,594), and nearly double the number reported for the same week of 1951 (16,848). All geographic areas except the East...

Provisional statistics for specified notifiable diseases in the United States for week ended March 8, 1952 [p. 1-2] -- Provisional statistics for deaths in selected cities for week ended March 8, 1952 [p. 7]

"The number of cases of measles has remained constant for the past 3 weeks, 28,825 being reported for the current week, 28,486 for the previous week, and 29,465 for the week ended March 1. There has been a decline in the number reported In the New En...

"The number of deaths from influenza and pneumonia reported by 58 cities for the week ended March 15 was 383 as compared with 352 for the previous week. The numbers reported by geographical areas, with figures for the previous week in parentheses, we...

"The incidence of measles rose from 31.7B4 cases for the week ended March 22 to 32,791 for the current week. There was an increase In the numbers reported for the current week as compared with tile prevl.ou8 week in the Middle Atlantic, East North Ce...

"The number of deaths from influenza and pneumonia reported by 58 cities for the week ended March 29 was 326 as compared with 344 for the previous week. The numbers reported by geographical areas, with corrected figures for the previous week in paren...

"The number of deaths from influenza and pneumonia reported by 58 cities for the week ended April 5 was 309 as compared with 328 for the previous week. The numbers reported by geographical areas, with the previous weeks figures in parentheses, were: ...